Improvement in neck-ties



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nnnrn P. wnrnona or-nLiZABErH, Nnw JERSEY, AND JOHN e. HrroH- oooK, orNEW YORK, N. Y.`

Leners menno. 108,300, aaa october 11, 1,870.

IMPROVEMENT IN NECK-TIES.

The Schedule referred to ,in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame. t

To all 'who/mJ it may concern:

Be it known that we, Hmaiu l. WETMonE, of- Elizabeth, in the county ofUnion, State of New J e1"- sey, and JOHN G.H1ToHoooK, of 'the city` andcounty- 0f New York, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new anduseful Improvement inNeck- Tics; and we do hereby declare the followingis a full and exact description thereof'.

Our invention relates to the means of securingthe permanently-fixed endof the tie.

There is abow adapted to be presented at the front of theneck. The tieproper extends around from this bow, being fastened permanently at oneend, and being connnected and disconnected readily at the other end. Thefree end may be, and preferably is, connected and disconnected by themeans shown in my patent dated June 26, 1866.

It is important to adapt a single size, or a few graduations of sizes,to an indefinite variety of sizes of necks.

In the patent of 1866, tlm xed end was adjustable by being passedthrough a loop in the metallic part or socket which encased the springsnap, and being hooked in little loops. This construction is cumbrous,and involves among other' evils a doublethick.- ness of the tie for aconsiderable distance.

. It is obvious that this end of the tie, being once adjusted, need notafterward be lengthened or sliertcned.

Our invention provides for cutting off to the proper length, seizing itfirmly and conveniently, and holding it permanently, without anynecessity for doubling.

We clasp a short length of the end between aV folded piece of metal toseize the fabric; and,:we provide a socket, into which this folded-pieceof metal, with its contents, is received and held.

There is a provision for removing it, by a forcible application of thethuu1b-nail to a slight projection, when desired, but this wll'fonly benecessary in securing the proper adjustment inthe first place.

We will proceed to describe what we consider the` best means of carryingout our invention".

The accompanying drawing forms a part of this specification.

Figure 1 isa view from below, and a section seen from below vthrough thenovel parts; v

Figure 2 is a view from the rear or from the inside of the neck;

Figure 3 is a horizontal section, corresponding to that in tig. 1, buton a larger scale; and

Figure 4 is'an' end view of the clamp detached or separated from all theother parts.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in allthe figures.

VVecrnploy a spring snap constructed and operated in the manner full'ydescribed in the patent, of 1866 above referred to.

The socket a, iu which the spring catch b is received vand confined, issewn firmly upon the back face of the bow in thc` same manner asprovided in the aforesaid patent.

This socket a. differs, however, from that in the patent of 1866, inbeing open at both sides. One side, (the right,) receives the springcatch b, the left side receives and confines the other end of the tie.

The socket a must be considerably longer than that portion of the springcatch b, which is inserted therein. We make it sutliciently long toreceive another and different metallic piece indicated by n.. This isformed of spring brass, or analogous strong and thin material, foldedupon itself as represented, and having teeth nl bent inward at one edge,and a thumbpiece, n2, bent slightly outward at the other edge.

The teeth nl hook inward a little, as shown.

7e make the tie T always sufficiently long for the largest sizes ofnecks. It will usually require shortening to a greater or lesser extent.

The purchaser, o1' usually the tailor or dealer who is retailing thegoods, ascertains, by measuring with the tape or otherwise, the properlength to extend around the neck, and cuts off the end of the tie withshears.

open, and thus keeps itself always locked against the shoulders c', andwhen it is required in any case to shorten a little more the length ofthe tie T,the thumb-nail is applied to the projection u2, and, onspringing the clamp n, together, by this means it can 'be liberated fromthe socket a and withdrawn, and

the'desired readjnstment made'of the tie T therein.

' It will be observed that it is importantto perform all the tentativetrials' with the tie T a little too long,

if anything. Our invention allows for shortening the tie 'lindefinitely, but not for lengthening it.

It is customary to mark paper and other collars with the length, ininches, around the neck. Most customers know, from their previousexperience with collars, what is the number of inches around theirnecks. 5

We propose to facilitato the tting of our ties by printing them withsome colored material, which will show on the silk or other fabric,taking care, of course, to make the gradnations and figures only on thelinner face of the tie.

l If a, consumer wants a tie which is 14% y inches, the dealer has butto snip ofi' the t-e to the mark 14%, andinsert lche freshly-cnt end`into the clamp. and force it i'nto the sckeii'a, and there is the sizeexactly.

A neck-tie, having aJ spring clamp, n, adapted to receive endpermanently hold one end of the tie T,

'in combination with the socket te, and with means lb for convenient-lyconnecting :md disconnecting the parts for subsequent. use., allcombined sind operating substantially :is herein set forth.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our names'in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

H.` I. WETMORE.

J. G. HITCHCOCK. Witnesses PHILIP LEVY, C. C. LIVINGS.

